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Ruth Asawa, the subject of May 1's Google Doodle, overcame adversity and changed the art world with her wire sculpture techniques.

Michele Debczak




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As a 17-year-old boy in South Africa, Hugh Masekela received a trumpet that had been donated by a jazz musician in America. That musician was Louis Armstrong.

Emily Petsko




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William Penn Adair Rogers ranks among the finest performers, comedians, and social commentators in American history.

Mark Mancini